Cord-fastening hook.



*A. F. KAUFMAN.

CORD FASTENING HOOK. APPLICATION FILED JAN.4. l9l8.

. Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

, INVENTOR m ATTORN EY EFNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

AUGUST F. KAUFMAN, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

CORD-FASTENING HOOK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST F. KAUFMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Wheeling, county of Ohio, and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cord-Fastening Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to cord fastening devices, and more particularly to a cord fastening hook.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a hook for package ties and the like adapted to receive a cord therein and to securely hold the same against chance Withdrawal.

A further object is to provide an extremely simple and inexpensive device by means of which the ends of cords employed in wrapping packages may be secured without tying and which permits such cord to be readily removed by hand when occasion requires.

l/Vith these and other objects in View, the invention resides in the features of construction which will hereinafter be fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package tie embodying my cord fastening hook, illustrating the application thereof;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan view of the hook; and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.

Referring to said drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates the straight body of a package tie composed of resilient wire. Said body is terminated at each end by a cord-fastening hook comprising a bill which lies in overhanging relation to the adjacent portion of said body and which is composed of a straight terminal member 2 and an intermediate member 3. Said member 3 is connected to the body 1 through a substantially upright return bend l of loop-like form and lies in a plane parallel to that of said body at a distance from the latter approximating the thickness of the cord 5 which is to be secured. Said member 3 is also connected to the terminal member 2 through a laterally disposed loop-like bend 6.

The member 2 inclines downward from said bend 6 and has its end disposed slightly inward with respect to the bend or loop 4 and in a plane located intermediate the planes occupied by said body 1 and said Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

Application filed January 4, 1918. Serial No. 210,338.

beneath which the cord 5 must be drawn to enter the eye 7 which is defined by the loop 4 and the adjacent opposing end of said member 2.

When the end of a cord has been drawn into the eye 7, the member 2 resumes its normal position with its end in close confining relation to said cord end, which latter is disposed at an angle to its body, as shown. Due to the frictional engagement of the end of said member 2 with said angularly disposed end of the cord, any tendency of the latter to withdraw from the eye 7 is effectually resisted.

In this connection it is to be noted that the member 2 does not interfere with movement of the cord through the eye 7 in a forward direction, as when the free end of the cord is drawn parallel, or substantially parallel, to the cord body and is placed under tension by pulling in a direction away from the end of said member for tightening the cord upon an embraced article, as the package shown in Fig. 1. However, when said end of the cord is released, it naturally assumes an angularly disposed position wherein it is frictionally engaged by the end of said member 2, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and slipping thereof through the eye is thus prevented.

As is obvious, the hook herein described is readily adaptable for use in package ties of widely varying forms, as also in other devices in which the employment of cord attaching means is desirable.

What is claimed is 1. A cord-fastening hook for package ties, comprising a body member and an overlying bill of loop-like form, said bill being joined to said body through a substantially upright arcuate bend and having a' resilient terminal member ending at a point adjacent to said bend to form conjointly with the latter a cord-receiving eye, the end of said terminal member being located to permit free sliding movement of a cord through said eye in a tension-applying direction and to frictionally engage such cord for preventing movement of the latter in the opposite direction.

2. A cord-fastening hook comprising a body member and an overlying billof looplike form, said bill consisting of a terminal member and an intermediate member, said intermediate member lying in a plane par allel to said body and being joined to said body through a substantially upright return bend and being joined to said terminal mem ber through a lateral return bend, said terminal member being inclined downward to a point adjacent to the first-mentioned bend to form conjointly with the latter a cord-receiving eye, said terminal member having its free end disposed in a position permitting the free passage of a cord through said eye in tension-applying direction and adapted to frictionally engage the end of such cord when the latter is released for preventing withdrawal of the cord.

3. A cord-fastening hook comprising a body membe and an overlying bill of looplike form, said bill consisting of a terminal member and an intermediate member, said intermediate member lying in a plane parallel to said body and being joined to said body through a substantially upright return bend and being joined to said terminal member through a lateral return bend, said terminal member being inclined downward to a point adjacent to the firstmentioned bend to form conjointly with the latter a cord-receiving eye, said terminal member being adapted to be sprung upward by a cord as the latter is entered in said eye and having its end sodisposed that free i movement of said cord through said eye in tension-applying direction is not thereby interfered with and that frictional engagement thereof is had with the cord for preventing movement of the latter through said eye in the opposite direction.

4. A package tie composed of a single length of wire and consisting of a straight body member having its opposite ends shaped to form hooks disposed in facing relation, each hook comprising a loop disposed in overlying relation to the adjacent portion of said body member and joined to the latter .by an arcuately curved return bend, said received cord whereby slipping of the latter from said eye is prevented.

' In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature an presence of two subseribmg witnesses.

AUGUST F. KAUFMAN. Witnesses:

H. E. DUNLAP, A. W. AUSTIN.

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' Washington, D. G. 

